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IOC to order tests for viruses at Rio's Olympic water venueshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3722098-ioc-to-order-tests-viruses-rios-olympic-water-venues.html
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The International Olympic Committee said Sunday it will order testing for disease-causing viruses in the sewage-polluted waters where athletes will compete in next year's Rio de Janeiro Games.
Before, the IOC and local Olympic organizers in Rio said they would only test for bacteria in the water, as Brazil and virtually all nations o...Sun, 02 Aug 2015 21:20:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3722098-ioc-to-order-tests-viruses-rios-olympic-water-venues.html2015-08-02T21:20:00ZCourt dismisses lawsuit seeking personhood for 2 NY chimpshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3717138-court-dismisses-lawsuit-seeking-personhood-2-ny-chimps.html
NEW YORK (AP) — Two chimpanzees will not be freed from a New York state university where they're used in locomotion studies after a court decision Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that had sought to afford them legal personhood rights.
While the Nonhuman Rights Project had standing to bring the lawsuit on behalf of 8-year-old chimpanzees Hercules and Leo, a h...Thu, 30 Jul 2015 21:44:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3717138-court-dismisses-lawsuit-seeking-personhood-2-ny-chimps.html2015-07-30T21:44:00ZEndangered butterfly recovering in some, not all, of rangehttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3707452-endangered-butterfly-recovering-some-all-range.html
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 20 years of habitat restoration and breeding programs have helped the endangered Karner blue butterfly make a comeback in the pine barrens of upstate New York where it was discovered by Russian author Vladimir Nabokov decades ago.
"This project has been unbelievably rewarding," said Neil Gifford, conservation director for the...Sun, 26 Jul 2015 17:46:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3707452-endangered-butterfly-recovering-some-all-range.html2015-07-26T17:46:00ZRarely-seen whale washes up on Massachusetts beachhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3706994-rarely-seen-whale-washes-up-massachusetts-beach.html
BOSTON (AP) — Biologists with the New England Aquarium are investigating what may have caused a rarely-seen deep water whale to wash up on a Massachusetts beach.
The carcass of the 17-foot female, weighing almost a ton, was found Friday on Jones Beach in Plymouth. Aquarium biologists and staff from the International Fund for Animal Welfare are performing ...Sun, 26 Jul 2015 00:16:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3706994-rarely-seen-whale-washes-up-massachusetts-beach.html2015-07-26T00:16:00ZDeep-sea mining looms on horizon as UN body issues contractshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3705928-deep-sea-mining-looms-horizon-un-body-issues-contracts.html
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The deep oceans span more than half the globe and their frigid depths have long been known to contain vast, untapped deposits of prized minerals. These treasures of the abyss, however, have always been out of reach to miners.
But now, the era of deep seabed mining appears to be dawning fueled by technological advances in robotics ...Sat, 25 Jul 2015 07:31:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3705928-deep-sea-mining-looms-horizon-un-body-issues-contracts.html2015-07-25T07:31:00ZHouse passes bill to prevent mandatory GMO labelinghttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3702822-house-passes-bill-to-prevent-mandatory-gmo-labeling.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Food companies would not have to disclose whether their products include genetically modified ingredients under legislation passed by the House Thursday.
The House bill is backed by the food industry, which has fought mandatory labeling efforts in several states around the country. The legislation, which passed 275-150, would prevent sta...Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:40:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3702822-house-passes-bill-to-prevent-mandatory-gmo-labeling.html2015-07-23T21:40:00ZThe Latest: Documents: Bland told officials she had epilepsyhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3700086-latest-documents-bland-told-officials-epilepsy.html
HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — The latest on the investigation into the recent death of a woman in a Texas jail cell (all times local):
7:45 p.m. Documents say Sandra Bland told officials when she was being booked into a Southeast Texas jail that she suffered from epilepsy. A suicide questionnaire that was among booking documents released Wednesday by Waller Cou...Thu, 23 Jul 2015 03:32:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3700086-latest-documents-bland-told-officials-epilepsy.html2015-07-23T03:32:00ZOfficial orca census: 81 whales, including 4 babieshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3701430-official-orca-census-81-whales-including-4-babies.html
SEATTLE (AP) — The annual July tally of endangered orcas is complete, and researchers have counted 81 whales, including four babies born since last winter.
Researchers tracking the southern resident killer whales have photo confirmation of each whale and nobody is missing, said Ken Balcomb, a senior scientist with the Center for Whale Research who keeps t...Thu, 23 Jul 2015 03:07:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3701430-official-orca-census-81-whales-including-4-babies.html2015-07-23T03:07:00ZStudy: Women with mild memory problem worsen faster than menhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3697784-study-women-with-mild-memory-problem-worsen-faster-than-men.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Older women with mild memory impairment worsened about twice as fast as men, researchers reported Tuesday, part of an effort to unravel why women are especially hard-hit by Alzheimer's.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are women. At age 65, seemingly healthy women have about a 1 in 6 chance of developing Alzheimer's during...Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:16:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3697784-study-women-with-mild-memory-problem-worsen-faster-than-men.html2015-07-21T18:16:00ZStudy: DNA reveals new wrinkle about settlement of Americashttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3698080-study-dna-reveals-wrinkle-settlement-americas.html
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered a previously unknown source of ancestry for some native peoples in Brazil, suggesting a new wrinkle in the story of the settlement of the Americas.
The finding does not change the broad outlines of what scientists believe: that the Americas were settled by people who crossed a now-submerged land bridge from Siber...Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:14:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3698080-study-dna-reveals-wrinkle-settlement-americas.html2015-07-21T17:14:00ZSearching for ET: Hawking to look for extraterrestrial lifehttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3694976-searching-et-hawking-to-extraterrestrial-life.html
LONDON (AP) — The search for extraterrestrial life received a major boost Monday with the launch of an ambitious $100 million program, backed by famed physicist Stephen Hawking and tech billionaire Yuri Milner.
Combining unprecedented computing capacity with the world's most powerful telescopes, Hawking and the Russian-born Milner seek to intensify the so...Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:37:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3694976-searching-et-hawking-to-extraterrestrial-life.html2015-07-20T16:37:00ZFamilies affected by early Alzheimer's seek better treatmenthttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3694716-families-early-alzheimers-seek-better-treatment.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alzheimer's has ravaged generations of Dean DeMoe's family — his grandmother, father, siblings — all in their 40s and 50s.
DeMoe himself inherited the culprit gene mutation and at 53, the North Dakota man volunteers for a drug study he hopes one day will end the family's burden. International scientists gathering in Washington for a conf...Mon, 20 Jul 2015 07:46:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3694716-families-early-alzheimers-seek-better-treatment.html2015-07-20T07:46:00ZEndangered dragonflies, raised in captivity, being releasedhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3691728-endangered-dragonflies-raised-captivity-released.html
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federally endangered dragonflies that have been raised in a laboratory over the past several years are being released at a forest preserve this week in Illinois, where scientists believe they'll be a good match with the small population still there.
The Hine's emerald dragonflies, which for decades were believed to be extinct, wer...Sat, 18 Jul 2015 00:51:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3691728-endangered-dragonflies-raised-captivity-released.html2015-07-18T00:51:00ZThe Latest: Texas senator asks for video of woman's arresthttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3689038-latest-texas-senator-asks-video-womans-arrest.html
CHICAGO (AP) — The latest on the investigation into the death of a black woman who authorities say hanged herself in a Texas jail cell (all times are local):
8 p.m. A prominent Texas state senator has asked the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety to release any video it has of the arrest of a woman later found dead in a jail cell. Sen. Royce...Fri, 17 Jul 2015 02:21:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3689038-latest-texas-senator-asks-video-womans-arrest.html2015-07-17T02:21:00ZResearch: Polar bears can't conserve energy during fastinghttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3688856-research-polar-bears-conserve-energy-fasting.html
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A study of an Alaska polar bear population in summer concludes the bear's biology will not help stave off starvation in the face of global warming.
The study of southern Beaufort Sea polar bears by university, federal and private researchers over three years concludes they have no special ability to minimize energy loss during inc...Fri, 17 Jul 2015 02:17:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3688856-research-polar-bears-conserve-energy-fasting.html2015-07-17T02:17:00ZSummer forecast for Lake Erie: Another big algae outbreakhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3672392-summer-forecast-lake-erie-big-algae-outbreak.html
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Lake Erie will see one of the most severe toxic algae outbreaks in recent years this summer, a year after toxins contaminated the drinking water for 400,000 people in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan, researchers predicted Thursday.
Scientists who issued their forecast for the lake think this year's algae bloom could be seco...Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:35:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3672392-summer-forecast-lake-erie-big-algae-outbreak.html2015-07-09T18:35:00ZThousands of birds abandon eggs, nests on Florida islandhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3666372-thousands-birds-abandon-eggs-nests-florida-island.html
SEAHORSE KEY, Fla. (AP) — The din created by thousands of nesting birds is usually the first thing you notice about Seahorse Key, a 150-acre mangrove-covered dune off Florida's Gulf Coast.
But in May, the key fell eerily quiet all at once. Thousands of little blue herons, roseate spoonbills, snowy egrets, pelicans and other chattering birds were gone. Nes...Tue, 07 Jul 2015 08:55:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3666372-thousands-birds-abandon-eggs-nests-florida-island.html2015-07-07T08:55:00Z'Shark Week' returns for 28th year with first Cuban visithttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3659152-shark-week-returns-28th-year-with-cuban-visit.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sharks are serious business this summer, with "Sharknado"-style flippancy a barely heard echo following grisly attacks on beachgoers off the Florida, California and North and South Carolina coasts.
Seriousness also marks the tone of Discovery Channel's Shark Week which, after veering off course with programs that lopsidedly favored thri...Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:55:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3659152-shark-week-returns-28th-year-with-cuban-visit.html2015-07-02T17:55:00ZMan bitten by shark on NC Outer Banks is 7th this summerhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3657042-man-bitten-shark-nc-outer-banks-7th-this-summer.html
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A shark bit a 68-year-old man several times Wednesday in waist-deep water off North Carolina's Outer Banks, officials said, the seventh in a record-breaking year of shark attacks for the state's coastal waters.
A spokeswoman at the Greenville, North Carolina, hospital where he was taken said Wednesday night that the man, Andrew Costel...Thu, 02 Jul 2015 05:20:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3657042-man-bitten-shark-nc-outer-banks-7th-this-summer.html2015-07-02T05:20:00ZToo hot: Temperatures messing with sex of Australian lizardshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3656452-too-hot-temperatures-messing-with-sex-australian-lizards.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hotter temperatures are messing with the gender of Australia's bearded dragon lizards, a new study finds.
Dragons that are genetically male hatch as females and give birth to other lizards. And the way the lizards' gender is determined is getting changed so much that the female sex chromosome may eventually disappear entirely, the study ...Wed, 01 Jul 2015 17:03:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3656452-too-hot-temperatures-messing-with-sex-australian-lizards.html2015-07-01T17:03:00ZSurvey: US political and generation gaps on science issueshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3656058-survey-us-political-generation-gaps-science-issues.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Age divides Americans on science issues just as much as political ideology, a new analysis of recent polling shows.
There are dramatic generation gaps in opinions on global warming, offshore drilling, nuclear power, childhood vaccines, gene modification to reduce a baby's disease risk, untested medicine use, lab tests on animals, and evo...Wed, 01 Jul 2015 15:04:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3656058-survey-us-political-generation-gaps-science-issues.html2015-07-01T15:04:00ZLiberia quarantines an area where new Ebola case appearedhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3653088-liberia-quarantines-area-where-ebola-case-appeared.html
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian authorities on Tuesday quarantined two households after the corpse of a 17-year-old boy was found with Ebola, sparking fears the West African country could face another outbreak of the disease nearly two months after being declared Ebola-free.
"Liberia has got a re-infection of Ebola," Tolbert Nyenswah, deputy health mini...Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:53:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3653088-liberia-quarantines-area-where-ebola-case-appeared.html2015-06-30T19:53:00ZRecent spike in shark attacks reported off Carolinas coasthttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3652024-spike-shark-attacks-reported-carolinas-coast.html
Shark experts have a not-so-reassuring explanation for a recent spate of attacks along on the coast of the Carolinas: It's mainly because so many people are getting in the water.
Six shark attacks were recorded in June in North Carolina waters, and the two most recent victims had to be flown to a hospital in Virginia for treatment. That's more than North ...Mon, 29 Jun 2015 21:03:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3652024-spike-shark-attacks-reported-carolinas-coast.html2015-06-29T21:03:00ZWhy are most Alzheimer's patients women?http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3650566-why-alzheimers-patients-women.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's disease are women, and now some scientists are questioning the long-held assumption that it's just because they tend to live longer than men.
What else may put woman at extra risk? Could it be genetics? Biological differences in how women age? Maybe even lifestyle factors? Finding out might...Mon, 29 Jun 2015 07:32:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3650566-why-alzheimers-patients-women.html2015-06-29T07:32:00ZNew questions about why more women than men have Alzheimer'shttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3649110-questions-why-women-than-men-alzheimers.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's disease are women, and now some scientists are questioning the long-held assumption that it's just because they tend to live longer than men.
What else may put woman at extra risk? Could it be genetics? Biological differences in how women age? Maybe even lifestyle factors? Finding out might...Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:20:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3649110-questions-why-women-than-men-alzheimers.html2015-06-28T18:20:00ZDestructive southern pine beetle appears in Northeast stateshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3632076-destructive-southern-pine-beetle-appears-northeast.html
ROCKY POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The southern pine beetle, which for generations has attacked forests throughout the southeastern United States, is methodically making its way into the Northeast, destroying thousands of trees in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere.
The beetle, which resembles a chocolate sprinkle, is viewed as a threat to all pine species, includi...Sat, 20 Jun 2015 13:37:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3632076-destructive-southern-pine-beetle-appears-northeast.html2015-06-20T13:37:00ZJapan aims to resume Antarctic whaling later this yearhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3631714-japan-aims-to-resume-antarctic-whaling-this-year.html
TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it plans to resume whale hunts in the Antarctic later this year, even though the International Whaling Commission says Tokyo hasn't proven that the mammals need to be killed for research.
The IWC's Scientific Committee said in a report Friday that it wasn't able to determine whether lethal sampling is necessary for whale stock mana...Sat, 20 Jun 2015 03:24:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3631714-japan-aims-to-resume-antarctic-whaling-this-year.html2015-06-20T03:24:00ZNew study identifies elephant poaching hotspots in Africahttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3628230-study-identifies-elephant-poaching-hotspots-africa.html
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Investigators who collected DNA from the tusks of slain elephants and painstakingly looked for matches in the vast African continent have identified two large areas where the slaughter has been occurring on an industrial scale, according to a study published on Thursday.
The two areas are Tanzania in the east and a cross-border region ...Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:18:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3628230-study-identifies-elephant-poaching-hotspots-africa.html2015-06-18T18:18:00Z